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Ancient Lyubech in Ukraine: Ancestral home of Volodymyr the Great, Gateway...
Lyubech is currently a rural settlement in Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. It is located 200 kilometers north of Kyiv, and near the border with...
He, Who Fights Alone: Volodymyr Monomakh, fearless hunter and Kyiv Rus’...
Volodymyr Monomakh was born a year before the death of Yaroslav “the Wise.” Vsevolod, Volodymyr’s father, was Yaroslav’s youngest son. The Primary Chronicle records...
Pereyaslavl, Volodymyr Monomakh’s native city: His decisive battles against Polovtsians
Primary Chronicle for the year 1054 states: “Yaroslav, Great Prince of Rus', passed away. While he was yet alive, he admonished his sons with...
Pereyaslavl, Kyiv Rus’ Forpost Against Asiatic Nomads: Volodymyr the Great’s fortresses...
M. P. Kuchera (1922-1999) was a Ukrainian archaeologist of Czech origin, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine, and Leading...
Kyiv controlled the Kerch Strait in 11th century AD: Stone of...
Stone of Tmutarakan was discovered on the Taman Peninsula in 1792. It was the time when the famous English traveler Edward D. Clarke was passing through...
Original Rus was centered in Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Pereyaslavl only; Even...
Academician Borys Rybakov (1908-2001) was a Soviet and Russian archeologist and historian who held a Chair in Russian history at Moscow University since 1939,...
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Ivan Bunin describes Russian faces: no need branding them ‘Beware of...
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Europeans perceive in Russians barbarians ‘rejoicing over the thought that something...
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10th-century Rus’ Helmet from Chernihiv Black Barrow: Assyrian prototype?
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Outstanding Ukrainian Planes
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Kyiv (Kyawh) was famous for its textile in the 10th c....
"The cloth of these lands and localities is famous, especially that of their capital, which is called Kyawh. Famous and noted cities of the Rus are Crsk and Hrqh." A...
Ukraine successfully conducts space engine hot test for the first time...
On the eve of the Ukraine Independence Day, State Design Office "Yuzhnoye" conducted the hot test of the third stage of "Cyclone-4" launch vehicle....
The Rus on al-Kashgari Map of 1074
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Dancing ‘Aliens’: Silver figurines from Martynivka Treasure in Ukraine
Martynivka Treasure is a hoard consisting of 116 silver items (weighing about 3.3 kg) found in 1909, in the village of Martynivka, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. The treasure is...
Russian peasants are worn-out folks with emaciated faces, uncombed hair dressed...
In his 1898 short story “The Cossack Way,” Ivan Bunin writes: “I liked the khokhly very much at first sight. I immediately noticed the...